Christina Obergföll (; born 22 August 1981) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She was World Champion in 2013. Her personal best throw of 70.20 m is the German record. It also ranks her fifth on the overall list.
Career At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, Obergföll won the silver medal with a European record (70.03m) by finishing second behind Osleidys Menéndez, who set a new world record at the same event.
Obergföll finished 4th at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.
With 70.20m, she improved her own European record at the European Cup Super League meeting in Munich on 23 June 2007.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won the silver medal, but lost the European record to Barbora Špotáková.
At the 2012 Olympics in London, she repeated her greatest success, when she won a silver medal.
At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, which was held in Moscow, Russia, Obergföll got the gold with a mark of 69.05 meters, reaching the success that she was always fighting for. Also in 2013, she married Boris Henry.
Obergföll took 2014 off due to being pregnant, but returned for the 2015 World Championships, where she finished fourth. In 2016, she finished eight at the Olympic Games and retired thereafter.
Competition record
2000World Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile8thJavelin throw50.23 m2001European U23 ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands9thJavelin throw51.77 m2003European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland8thJavelin throw54.28 mUniversiadeDaegu, South Korea8thJavelin throw53.38 m2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece15th (q)Javelin throw60.41 m2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland2ndJavelin throw70.03 m2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden4thJavelin throw61.89 m2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan2ndJavelin throw66.46 m2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China2ndJavelin throw66.13 m2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany5thJavelin throw64.34 m2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain2ndJavelin throw65.58 m2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea 3rdJavelin throw65.24 m2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland2ndJavelin throw65.12 mOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom2ndJavelin throw65.16 m2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia1stJavelin throw69.05 m2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China4thJavelin throw64.61 m2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil8thJavelin throw62.92 m
References
External links
Christina Obergfoll at the Beijing 2008 Olympics (archived)